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Office  of  the  White  Mountains  Rail  Road,  ^ 

Bath,  July  13,  1849.      S 

To  the  Directors  of  the  White  Mountains  Rail  Road: 

Gentlemen:  I  lay  before  you  Plan  and  Profile  of  the  route 
surveyed  for  the  White  Mountains  Rail  Road;  and  estimates 
of  its  Construction  and  Furnishing, 

The  Line  commences  at  a  point  on  the  definitive  survey  of  the 
Connecticut  and  Passumpsic  Rivers  Rail  Road  in  Wells  River 
Village,  Newbury,  Vt.,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  South 
of  Wells  River;  and  crossing  that  stream,  passes  Easterly  one 
thousand  teet  on  a  curve  of  about  800  feet  radius  to  the  Con- 
necticut River  Bluff,  and  crosses  the  River  60  feet  Northerly  of 
the  old  Ferry  way ;  thence  passes  to  Woodville  in  Haverhill, 
where  it  meets  the  Northern  terminus  of  the  Preliminary  Survey 
of  the  route  for  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Rail  Road, 
a  distance  of  twenty-two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  from  point  of  be- 
ginning. 

From  this  point  the  Line  continues  in  the  immediate  valley 
of  the  Ammonoosuck,  making  two  crossings  of  the  stream  at 
Harris's  bend,  passing  near  his  house;  and  again  crossing  a 
short  distance  below  the  mouth  of  Wild  Ammonoosuck ;  ami 
passes  near  the  Westerly  end  of  Bath  Village  bridge.a  distance 
of  four  miles  from  Woodville.  Again  crosses  the  river  a  short  dis, 
tance  below  the  farm-house  of  Hon.  A.  Woods;  passes  Easterly 
of,  and  near  the  house  of  Z.  Newell,  Esq. ;  crosses  Mill  Creek 
in  Landaff  on  Westerly  side  of  the  Mills;  and  passes  Lisbon 
Village  between  Main  street  and  the  River,  a  distance  of  9  l-'i 
miles  from  Woodville.  Thence  continues  on  Easterly  bank, 
passing  in  rear  of  Elliots';  crossing  Salmonhole  Creek  near  the 
Mill-dam,  and  South  branch  Ammonoosuck  near  its  junction 
with  Main  stream,  to  Littleton  Village,  a  dist'^nce  of  193-4  miles 
from  Woodville. 


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From  this  point  two  routes  are  surve)^ed  to  Clifford's  bend 
in  Bethlehem;  the  Westerly  crossing  the  Ammonoosuck  a  short 
distance  Northerly  of  Littleton  Village  bridge,  and  continuing 
on  Westerly  side  of  River;  the  Easterly  making  two  crossings 
of  the  stream  at  Bowman's  bend  and  passing  on  Easterly  bank 
at  Scythe  Factory,  and  again  crossing  near  ClifToid's  house. — 
Thence  the  Line  continues  on  Westerly  sideot  River  passing  on 
Easterly  side  of  Alderbrook  Mills,  and  at  point  of  bluff,  on  West- 
erly side  of  Rand's  Mills  in  Bethlehem,  to  the  junction  of  Wing 
road  with  the  River  road;  where  it  passe ss  from  the  Ammonoo- 
suck and  following  up  the  valley  of  Pine  Log  Creek,  attains 
the  summit  in  Whitefield  a  distance  of  27  miles  from  Wood- 
villp. 

Thence  passes  Easterly  of  Montgomery's  Pond,  and  near 
Burn's  Mills  at  its  outlet;  crosses  Little  River  a  short  distance 
in  rear  of  the  house  of  J.  M.  Gove,  Esq.,  and  John's  River  on 
Westerly  ^ide  of  Starch  Factory  at  Whitefield  Village,  a  dis- 
tance of  30  2-3  miles  from  Woodvillc.  Thence  continues  on 
Easterly  slope  of  the  valley  of  John's  River  passing  a  little 
Westerly  of  Capt.  Smith's  house  in  Dalton;  and  keeps  in  vicin- 
ity of  common  road  to  Scott's,  passing  Westerly  of  his  house 
and  Easterly  of  Taylor's  into  Lancaster;  and  approaches  the 
Connecticut  River  about  half  a  mile  Southerly  of  Benton's  and 
passing  on  Westerly  side  of  the  house  and  about  500  feet  East- 
erly of  the  house  of  Hon.  J.  M.  White,  and  near  school-house; 
passing  over  the  intervale  and  crossing  Israel's  River  near  Lan- 
caster Village — terminates  on  Main  street  near  the  Churches 
and  Cemetery,  at  the  Southern  terminus  of  the  Preliminary 
Survey  of  the  route  for  the  Lancaster  Branch  of  the  Atlantic 
and  St.  Lawrence  Rail  Road,  a  distance  of  41  1-2  miles  and  20 
feet  from  its  junction  with  Line  of  Boston,  Concord  and  Mon- 
treal Rail  Road  in  Wood  ville ;  and  413-4  miles  and  956  feet 
from  its  point  of  starting  on  Line  of  the  Connecticut  and  Pas- 
sumpsic  Rivers  Rail  Road. 

Examination  was  made  for  a  more  direct  route  leaving  the  im- 
mediate valley  of  the  Ammonoosuck,  from  Littleton  Village  to 
"Wing  Road"  in  Bethlehem,  but  without  success.  Also  to 
leave  at  Alderbrook  Creek  in  Bethlehem  and  pass  by  Round 
Pond  to  valley  of  John's  River,  but  without  discovering  a  favor- 
able pass  from  the  valley  of  the  Ammonoosuck  to  the  Pond. 

The  route  is  favorable  for  the  construction  of  a  Rail  Road. 
IJxcept  at  very  few  points  as  the  Profile  shows,  the  work  will  be 
regarded  as  v&ry  light.  But  little  Rock  cutting,  and  very  fexv 
fVtde  cuts  will  be  encountered.     At  btit  three  or  four  point8,does 


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the  Line  run  so  near  the  River,  aa  to  require  protection  for  tlie 
embankment.  The  Bridge  sites  are  quite  favorable;  the  abut- 
ments in  many  instances,  as  at  the  crossing  of  the  Connecticut, 
to  be  placed  on  rock  above  the  reach  of  high  water;  and  in  no 
case  will  there  be  an  expensive  abutment  or  arch  foundation. 

As  to  Curvature  the  route  will  compare  favorably  with  New 
England  Rail  Roads.  In  but  few  instances  will  there  be  neces- 
sity of  adopting  curves  of  shorter  radius  than  1273  feet.  In  a 
very  few  cases  curves  of  1000  feet  radius  will  be  used. 

The  summary  of  Grades  stands  thus: 

4,20  miles  of  44,88  feet  the  mile, 
3,75         "     42,24    " 
4,50  "      30,96    " 

1,83  "      31,08    V 

4.50         "     20,40    " 

"     21,12    " 

"7,5  to  19,0" 

"      Level  Grade. 

The  Level  of  surface  of  water  in  the  Connecticut  River  at 
Wells  River  Bridge  was  assumed  as  Base.  It  will  be  seen 
that  the  Whitefield  Summit  is  650  feet  above  base,  and  the 
Terminus  at  Lancaster  453  feet.  The  maximum  Grade  occurs 
on  both  sides  of  the  Summit,  The  Bridges  will  be  eight  in  num- 
ber— the  Connecticut,  live  across  the  Ammonoosuck,  the  South 
branch,  and  Israel's  River.  Arches  will  be  put  in  at  Little  and 
John's  Rivers.  If  the  Easterly  Line  from  Littleton  village  to 
Clifford's  is  taken,  the  Ammonoosuck  will  be  turned  at  Bowman's 
bend.  Passing  around  Harris's  bend  in  Bath  and  thereby  in- 
creasing the  length  of  Line  about  one-fourth  of  a  mile,  will  re- 
duce the  number  of  bridges  to  six. 

At  Wells  River,  an  additional  length  of  the  Arch  for  the 
Passumpsic  Rail  Road  is  estimated.  , 

In  the  estimate  u  width  of  15  feet  road-bed  is  assumed  for 
Embankments,  and  20  feet  for  Excavations.  Slopes  1,5  hori- 
zontal to  1  vertical. 

The  assumed  weight  of  Rail  is  52  lbs.  the  yard.  Sleepers, 
6  by  7  inches,  8  feet  in  length;  7  in  number  to  one  length  of  18 
feet  Rail.     Chairs  12  lbs.  each. 


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ESTIMATE  FROM  PASSUMPSIC  LIMETO  WOODVILLE. 
DISTANCE,  2350  FEET. 

22,400  yds.  Earth,  at  18  cts., $4,032 

460    "    Rock,  at  $1,00, 450 

Wells  River  Bridge,    -- 2,500 

1,250  yds.  Conn.  Br.  Mas.  at  $5, 6,250 

Bridge  360  feet  at  $40,    - 14,400 

$27,632 


WOODVILLE   TO  LITTLETON,   DISTANCE   19,73 

MILES. 


395,600  yds.  Earth  at  16  cts.,     -     .    -    , 
7,900   "     Rock   '«  $1,00,    -    -    -    - 
1,800  *'     Slope  Wall  at  $1,00,     -    .    ■ 
2,970   "     Culvert  Mas.  at  $2,00,     .    ^ 
3,300   «'     Bridge,       "     $3,50,  -    -    - 
5  Bridges,  700  feet  at  $18.       ,     r 


$63,29(5 

7,900 

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-  5,940 
^     11,550 

-  12,600 

$103,086 


LITTLETON    TO    LANCASTER,    DISTANCE    21,75 

MILES,  26  FEET. 

598,700  yds.  Earth,  at  16  cts.,      -    ...    -      $95,792 

13,500   "     Rock,    "  $1,00, 13,500 

1,300   "     Slope  Wall,  at  $1,00, 1,300 

3,770  "     Culvert  Mas.  at  $2,00, 7,540 

3,900  "    Bridge,        "    $3,50, 13,650 

2  Bridges  250  feet  at  $17,     -r 4,250 

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FOR  ONE  MILE  SUPERSTRUCTURE. 

82,6  Tons  Iron  at  $50,    -...:.-    $4,126,00 

2054  Sleepers,  at  15  cts., 308,10 

7041  lbs.  Chairs,  at  3,5  cts., 246,44 

4693   "    Spikes    '«    ««     " 164,26 

Laying  Track, 400,'oO 

$5,243,80 

41,93  miles,     •     -    -    - $219,872,53 

Turnouts  and  Incidental,     -..--..        19,l05,47 

Total  for  Superstructure,     -----     $238,9';3,00 

Land  damage,     ---- $30,000 

Fencing, 18,750 

Total  Land  and  Fence, -     $48,750 

FURNITURE. 

6  Locomotives  at  $7500, 1    -    .    37,600 

5  Passenger  Cars, 10,000 

Freight,  Platform  and  other  Cars, 40,000 

Depots,  Water  Stations,  &c., 61,000 

Amounting  to ---    $148,500 

SUMMARY. 

Grading, $184,970 

Masonry, 50,530 

Bridges, ._.-.     31,250 

Superstructure,    - 238,978 

Land  and  Fence,     - --      48,750 

Furniture, ..-.-.     148,500 

Engineering  and  Incidental, 25,000 

$727,978 
Respectfully  submitted, 

^,J.  L.  GREGG,  Engineer. 


